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1.   New Years is     a fresh start. get organized, get fit, get better at anything - its my favorite time to start something new   .

2.   One of my New Year's resolutions will be   to do project life      .

3.  A New Year's resolution I've made in the past was to   be more organized... which I am but want to improve even more this year    .

4. The most time consuming resolution I ever made was    I think I haven't made any like that because I always feel like I have so little time already   .

5.  This year I will be spending New Year's Eve    I realized I haven't done anything for new years the past 3 years, so why bother changing that tradition  .

6.  If I could wish one thing for my new year it would be    to be more adventurous  .

7.  2012 is going to be    so fun with our almost 6 month old  .

Belated Merry Christmas!!

Our Christmas was a little interesting this year due to Patrick having to work the day after but it was a fun first Christmas for Hayden either way.

Heres a glimpse of our Christmas card... that I still haven't received from Tiny Prints since they have sent it to our old address 2x! but somehow the envelopes made it to the right place..  Pictures taken by Kim

and please enjoy a fun little Christmas favorites survey

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate? 

Egg nog

2. Colored lights on tree/house or white? 

either

3. Do you hang mistletoe? 

No, but I should…

4. When do you put your decorations up? 

This year I did Thanksgiving week but I usually wait till after

5. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? 

Yes

6. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? 

We have a small white tree with white lights and I do a mix of silver and turquoise ball ornaments plus all of my special ornaments I gathered growing up and the few I have added since we've been married.

7. Snow! Love it or dread it? 

Love, love it but since we don't have it where we live I could never dread it

8. Can you ice skate? 

I haven't been since I was 6 so I'm not sure but I'm really good at all other skating

9. Do you remember your favorite gift?

Most likely my Easy-Bake oven or American girl doll

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10. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you? 

Keeping focused on Jesus' birth and enjoying time with family

11. What is your favorite holiday dessert? 

Peppermint candy cane cookies

12. What is your favorite holiday tradition? 

Driving around to look at Christmas lights

13. What tops your tree? 

At the moment nothing... I'm still looking for the perfect topper

14. Which do you prefer: giving or receiving? 

Definitely the GIVING. I love watching people open gifts!

15. Candy canes: Yuck or Yummy? 

Kind of yuck... but I still eat them

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1.   The best way to spread Christmas cheer is     obviously by "singing loud for all to hear" plus cookies don't hurt   .

2.   The thing I love most about Christmas is   just getting to spend time with family   .

3.  The holiday season is a time for   reflecting on the birth of Jesus    .

4. My favorite thing to eat at the holidays is    mmm not really anything Christmas food is never quite as good as Thanksgiving    .

5.  I will be spending Christmas    in Oakdale with my family :)  .

6.  Tis better to (give or receive?)   give. I love watching people unwrapping gifts  .

7.  I'm dreaming of a    happy     Christmas.

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So sorry, its gotten real boring around here the past few weeks but when holidays happen my brain just kind of goes --- mush... 

1.   My most favorite "little thing" is     Hayden   .

2.   I give anything to   feel relaxed - I'm so high stress feeling and I can't turn it off till everything is done      .

3.  I can't believe    I haven't started making Christmas gifts yet?!    .

4. The one thing I'd like to achieve today is    cut out all pieces for gifts    .

5.  The last thing I want to do today is    procrastinate but too late for that lol  .

6.  If I were writing my own blank today, it would say:   ...   .

7.  My favorite candle scent is    voluspa - baltic amber and yankee candle - home for Christmas  .

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1.   Love is     a honor and treasure bestowed from one to another and real love is true commitment to be together through everything, thick and thin    .

2.   Being in love feels like   I could never do the feeling justice, it is way too hard to explain - its wonderful, painful, beautiful and so much more all at once      .

3.  My favorite quote about love is    'Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same' -Emily Bronte excerpted from Wuthering Heights    .

4. The most important thing in a relationship is    loyalty and commitment in general    .

5.  A "deal breaker" for me in a relationship is    someone who just gives up  .

6.  The way I show love in my relationships is    serving my husband - obviously not in a slave way but as a housewife (I have no qualms about being called that- I am a reformed feminist shown the light through God's divinely given roles and feel I truly thrive in this role), prettying myself up lol   .

7.  I love    Patrick Lee Tucker  .

Who do you love and how do you love them?

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 1.   The holiday season is     a time of joy and reflection on the past year   .

2.   Snow makes me  happy because I've only gotten to see it a few times in person    .

3.  The best comfort food to eat when it's cold out is    a big breakfast or some really yummy soup (baked potato soup from safeway is good) plus grilled cheese    .

4. Winter is the best time for    rain, socks, running   .

5.  I can hardly wait for    Christmas  .

6.  When it comes to holiday gifts I prefer to    give them and make ones to give  .

7.  If I were to rate my excitement about the holiday season on a scale from 1-10, I would say I am at about a    8/9 this year is fun since its Haydens first Christmas (btw we have decided to not do the santa thing) and that we are finally spending some holiday time with my family (first time since we've been married)  .

December 2011

This month's calendar is from the Free People blog

Can you guys believe that so soon this year will be coming to a close?! It feels like it just started!

Last month was a little bit cray-cray...

and of course this month will be too! you know that Christmas holiday and all. 

- I am loving the already sweet time that the Hope Church leadership team is gonna be taking over the next few weeks to unify and strengthen bonds. Ministry is never easy... Coming alongside each other more diligently will be refreshing and I'm sure very fruitful for our precious body. 

- To start off the season right Saturday is Crafts & Crap night (4 awesome crafts plus yummies)

- Celebrating Advent: I'm all for it! I've got this adorable felt advent wreath, advent book and advent activities and banner set up. 

- Christmas eve: I hope to chill at home with the babe and hubs but who knows it may get hijacked...

- Christmas day: Church family service in the morning, Yay! Its kinda fun to celebrate the birth of Jesus as a whole church body on the (alleged) day of His birth. Hubs is the Hope church < music director > and the ideas and glimpses I've heard for Christmas service line up are going to be so beautiful. After service we will be headed to my Aunt Carol's in Oakdale. I just love it out there and we are planning on spending the night too!